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Disposal of the dead is the responsibility of Urban Council in the urban areas and the Urban Services Department in the New Territories. In the urban areas, six public cemeteries and two public crematoria are directly under the control of the Urban Council which also supervises 20 private cemeteries. In the New Territories, the Urban Services Department controls five public cemeteries, and one public crematorium and supervises eight private cemeteries and a private crematorium. The Urban Council operates two funeral depots, while there are two commercial funeral parlours and 35 undertakers licensed to arrange funeral services. In addition, the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals provides a non-profit making funeral parlour on either side of the harbour.

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